Bonds required.
El Paso City Code § 18.02.104.7
in effect18.02.104.7 - Bonds required.
It shall be the duty of every contractor, owner, firm, partnership, corporation, and builder who shall make contracts to construct, install, maintain or repair buildings, structures or systems for which a permit is required, and every contractor, owner, or builder making such contracts and subletting the same, or any part thereof, to have on file with the city, a bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars executed in a form prescribed and approved by the city attorney. This section shall apply to plumbing, mechanical, electrical, irrigation and fire contractors acting as general contractors, whether or not state law requires a bond for their particular discipline.
Exceptions:
1. The following type of work shall require a bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars executed in the form prescribed and approved by the city attorney:
a. Irrigation installations.
b. Site lighting and landscape installations.
c. Temporary structure placement.
d. Mobile placement permits.
e. Temporary sign placements.
f. Tents in excess of two hundred square feet.
g. Fences.
h. Pavement and curb cut excavation.
However, the building official shall have the authority to require a bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars if the subject work exceeds ten thousand dollars in valuation.
2. The following type of work shall not require a bond:
a. Residential property owners doing all the construction work or who will be hiring workers without employing a licensed contractor to perform the construction work on the residence they claim as their homestead.
b. Federal, state, county and city agencies and departments performing building work on their facilities and using only their employees to perform the construction work.
c. Commercial building and facilities owners, agents or lessees requesting permits for change of occupancy permits or minor nonstructural remodeling work which does not affect means of egress, such as non-loadbearing partitions within tenant spaces and whose cost does not exceed five thousand dollars.
(Ord. No. 019528, § 1, 8-1-2023)
Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT18BUCO_CH18.02BUCOADCO_18.02.104COLI_18.02.104.7BOREFetched: 10/28/2026